Personal Statement

What makes a good dish? Flavor, ingredients, balance… but certainly not flakes of metal. One day, cooking eggs and tomatoes in the restaurant, everything was going perfectly: eggs scrambled to soft pe

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Why do specific stem areas appeal to you?

I find it incredible that I can achieve so much with code, from my first project on a Raspberry Pi (a game using sound to make a character move) to making a script to check my Google classroom assignm

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Why Yale?

I am impressed with Yale’s outstanding educational opportunities and strong alumni network. Yale provides its population the freedom to pursue multiple tracks, which will allow me to combine CS with o

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What Inspired You?

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You are teaching a Yale course. What is it called?

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Yale’s residential colleges regularly host conversations with guests representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past or present, would you invite to speak and what would you ask them to discuss?

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Yale students embrace the concept of ‘and’ rather than ‘or’, pursuing arts and sciences, tradition and innovation, defined goals and surprising detours. What is an example of an “and” that you embrace?

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Yale’s extensive course offerings and vibrant conversations beyond the classroom encourage students to follow their developing intellectual interests wherever they lead. Tell us about your engagement with a topic or idea that excites you. Why are you drawn to it?

Over the summer of 2021, I was offered a co-founder position in a budding blockchain-based, financial technologies startup, *REDACTED*. My entry was on a trial basis, with the understanding that I cou

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Reflect on a community to which you feel connected. Why is it meaningful to you? You may define community however you like.

Click. Clack. Clang. We are back at “The Lounge”. Whether it’s developing Discord bots, creating new websites, or just nerding out over the latest innovation in Computer Science, the tight-knit, inter

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A hallmark of the Columbia experience is being able to learn and live in a community with a wide range of perspectives. How do you or would you learn from and contribute to diverse, collaborative communities?

Improvise, Compromise, Adapt, Overcome. These four words are sacred, they represent the very nature of humanity and maturation. Understanding this leads to a diplomatic yet unique understanding of com

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Why Columbia?

I find it incredible that complex mathematics and nanoscale changes in voltage and power built the modern world. I can achieve so much even with basic code, from my first project in middle school on a

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